San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-08
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
The fight ia over, the victory won and

HE Hgnt 10 over, the victory won anu
the dead buried. Let us have peace!
The Mason News Of last Saturday has
not the remotest reference to the cleo
ton Of the previous Thursday. Did
they forget that there was an election in
Mason county last Thursday?
THE prohibition fight lie on In Ten
nessee, but the leading state journals
say but little about the matter. Defeat
is predicted there in September rs In
this state this month.
The pope announces his intention OF
taking hand In the Italian elections,
expecting to wiring compromise from
the state authorities. McGlynn was not
permitted this liberty In America.
CLUES until You cannot rest concern
ing the Gainesville murderer, but moth
ing conclusive, nothing that can corral a
conviction. One more added to the list
Of horrible murders whose perpetrators
escape the hand Of human justice.
IT never rains but 1t pOuTs The total
msjOrities 50 far recorded against prohi-
bitiOn foot up 9S,6i5. The precincts to
hear from will increase the anti-majOri-
ty to fully l25,OO0.
JUsTICE MILLER, Of the supreme court
Of the United States, grants Brooks
Maxwell, the st. Louis trunk murderer,
writ OF error, and thus stays proceed
ings until the supreme court meets in
October. The fellow makes a good fight
for his forfeited life.
The LIGHT welcomes the return of the
BRENNAN Daily Banner to its exchange
list. BRENNAN cannot afford TO lose the
services Of the Banner. and its reappear-
anCe after two months suspension seems
to indicate that its patrons have determ-
ined to feed il with the bread of life.
Long may the Banner wave.
FRANCE is becoming civilized or her
distinguished citizens are becoming
prudent. Ferry and BOulauger will ar
bitr8te instead of fighting. This is an
improvement. One grows lrate be-
cause the other does iTitate and they
both arbItTRte instead Of each shooting
straight at the other in CRATE.
WHEN the rainy season comes, to
which we are drawing twenty-fOur
hours nearer every day, this city will be
a hOt-bed OF sickness unless some mea-
sures are taken 10 remove the accumu-
lating filth from cesspOOls, vaults, water
closets and yard corners.
GERMAN millet has been grown In
GraysOn county this year, yielding over
eight tons to the acre. There was moth
ing OF a bO-Dutch character about that
product. 1t stood fully six and half
feet and held its head up like little
man.
BUFFALO extends no invite to Cleve-
land TO visit the city-sentinel-Of-the
per lakes when he swings round the cir
Gle. The possibilities OF an orphan cry,
"HOw are you dad" as he rode in pomp
and circumstance through the streets
are too imminent for him and the people
to contemplate. The feelings of the lady
who will accompany him must also be
taken into account.
The new American navy, under the
hands Of democratic administration, is
getting ready for service. The Atlanta
Is the first to take water and her gun
carriages are found perfectly useless. So
useless that as q war ship she is praCti-
cally condemned. Thus does this able
administration of the democratic per-
suasiOn fulfill the expectations of suf-
tering country.
TuE Paris News consoles itself with
the reflection that the usual 10000 dem
OcrstiC majority in Kentucky was cut
down TO 5000 by ''tOO many tickets and
too many complicated questions, and
people became confused" Too many
tickets in the ballot box, and
too many questions about the good of
government, demOCraticalIy considered,
was what confused Kentucky. The re-
pubiCans do not seem to be confused.
They pOlled more than 30 900 votes over
last election. kentucky's redemption
draweth nigh.
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the keynote of a correct policy concern
ing electric and other wires in cities,
when be said at a late meeting of the
board OF electrical control. The
province Of the board is not to increase
the number of wires overhead, but to
have them put under ground" Could
San Antonio also have 4 mayor who
would say: 1.-The province OF this city
is 10 further every effort
to clean this city and put its filth under
ground instead of over ground" how
much fear of the inevitable sickness
which must come with rainy weather
would be removed.
The Hayes County Times is a queer
fish. Ii consoles itself with defeat as
Others do with victory. After spreading
itself for "nO-whisky." as it ignOrantly
calls this assault upon the rights of min
critics, 1t gives the election results at
Kyle as-lGO for the amendment; PIG
against tue amendment: majority
against, Sta result which was hailed
with The greatest satisfaction by the
prOhibitiOnists." Now, that is kind. If
the pros. are satisfied surely the ants
are. Few people are rs philosophical as
the "Iimes" man, and fewer still will
ing 10 parade their personal satisfaction
over their own thTashing. There is no
accounting for tastes.
TIE convict lease system of Tennes-
see Is so inhuman that the leading
journals of the state are urging the
churches to join in one united protest
against the inhumanity. Texas Uhilan-
thrOpists, now that they have got
through with their sIumping for a sea-
son might take lesson from this sugges-
zion and enter heartily into tho work OF
prison reform and juvenile refOrmatOry.
There Is millions in it. Not millions of
political nOtOriety. but Of hard work
and noble results for society. Reform
the Individual by working moral
change in hun and he passes his own
pronibitOry laws upon himself which
require no state police TO enforce.
Texas Patents,